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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the variables recorded or estimated on fattening pigs

From: Disentangling the dynamics of energy allocation to develop a proxy for robustness of fattening pigs

Trait (unit)

Number of animals/records if repeated measures

Mean

SD

Coefficient of variation

IBW (kg)

25,745

33.8

7.8

23.1%

TBW (kg)

25,365

103.7

11.1

10.7%

ADG (kg/d)

25,322

0.977

0.109

11.1%

FCR (kg/kg)

8675

2.25

0.21

9.3%

DFI (kg/d)

8675

2.19

0.29

13.2%

RFI (kg/d)

8675

− 0.005

0.169

BF100 (mm)

25,323

7.66

1.19

15.5%

LD100 (mm)

25,320

68.26

6.34

9.3%

\({\upalpha }_{t}\) (kg/MJ)

5848/405,104

0.099

0.027

27.3%

\(e_{t}\) (kg/MJ)

5848/405,104

0

0.0096

LSR

5848/405,104

− 12.62

2.50

19.8%

  1. IBW initial body weight, TBW terminal body weight, ADG average daily gain, FCR feed conversion, DFI daily feed intake, RFI residual feed intake, BF100 backfat thickness estimated at 100 kg liveweight, LD100 longissimus dorsi thickness estimated at 100 kg liveweight, \({\upalpha }_{t}\) allocation coefficient to growth, \(e_{t}\) residual of RR model, LSR log-squared residual, robustness indicator